[naberhausj]

I am not aware of any data that supports the claim that there are more incidents in recent history. The safest years were, of course, the COVID-19 shutdown years, when air-travel was greatly reduced. But besides that the last couple of years has been overall safer than the years before COVID-19.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_accidents_and_inciden...

The 2025 crash near DCA, of course, absolutely spiked the number of recent commercial aviation deaths, but we haven't had any other aviation tragedies of that magnitude in more than a decade.

This can be a preventable tragedy without there needing to be a conspiracy behind it.

[renewiltord]

Not a conspiracy. A mistake. E.g. no one wanted the screwworm fly to invade NA. It was a result of factory shutdowns. That kind of ultimate cause was what I was curious about.

Your link is global not American which wouldn’t really show the effect if it was a change in US policy. But Googling you’re right, the premise is wrong.

https://www.ntsb.gov/pages/monthly.aspx